Covering cotton thread with wool



UNITED STATES OFFICE. i

JAMES TAYLOR, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.-

COVERING coTToN THREAD WITHy wooL.

Specification of Letters :Patent N 12,040, dated December 5,` 1854.

To all wiz-om t may concern Be it known that I, JAMES TAYLOR, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machinery for Makg ing Yarn; and I d'0 hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description@ thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specifica-gi tion, in which- Figure l is a side sectional view sh'owing the application of my vmachine to the Inaking of ordinary woolen yarn. Fig. 2 is a` side sectional view showing its 'application' to themaking of yarn composed of wool and cotton combined together. view of my improved grooved rollers. Fig. 4: is an end view of the machine complete.

Similar let-ters refer to like parts.

Red colored lines, in all the figures, represent the woolen web; and blue colored lines, in all the figures, represent the cotton web or thread.

A is an upright shaft; B, B1, B2, B3, connecting rods; O, gear wheel; D, shaft; E, cogwheel; ca a," lower grooved rollers; b, upper grooved rollers; c c, belt rollers CZ cl; pressing rollers; e e', belt rollers; f f', press` ing rollers; g g and L h', endless belts; z' i', belt rollers; la c, pressing rollers; Z Z', belt rollers; fm, m', pressing rollers; n n, guide rollers; 0 0, p 29', discharge rollers; g g, r r', s S, t zf, rubbing rollers; uu, driving rollers; c c, cotton spools; w w, pressing rollers; m', guide rollers; e', driving shaft.

The woolen t-hreads of which t-he yarn is to be composed are taken from the card machine and caused to enter my machine between the rollers a ce, b. The threads are spread out in the form of a iiat web, when they leave the card machine and as they come in between my rollers c af b b they are pressed between the same. The rollers a are furnished with shoulders as seen in F ig. 3. The rollers b 7) have corresponding grooves and projections; so that the shoulders on a a fit into corresponding grooves on Z) b, while the projections on the rollers b enter between the shoulders on a' a. In this manner the yarn, which is indicated by the red color (Fig. 3) is pressed between the two rollers, a a', c b, with any force that may be desired.

The shoulders on the rollers a et have an 1 composing another yarn.

Fig. 3 is avv important oiiice, which is to separate the threads or webs that are intended to compose one yarn from the threads or web that are to compose another yarn and prevent any possibilit-y of their hanging together. The lshoulders on the rollers a af, it will be observed, are conical; and as they reach up so as Aalmost to touch the centra-l part of the rollers b b', it is manifestly impossible for the threads or webs composing one yarn to be intermiXed or hang on to the threads By this simple and effectual means of separating thev threads for different yarns, I am enabled to double the number of webs running through the carding machine. It is usual in practise to run twenty webs through the c'arding-Inachine at a time; but by my improved separating rollers I am enabled to take forty webs from t e ordinary c'ardingmachine without any# difficulty. f

The webs having been received from the carding machine and passed between the rollers a; a and b b (Fig. l), in the manner described, they thence pass onward as seen by the red-colored lines in Fig, -l. One of the webs passes upward between the belts g g and rollers Z d le c, thence onward through the rollers 'w w a" till it comes between the discharge-rollers p p and the rubbing-rollers g g r r', where the web is rolled up and is discharged from the machine in the form of yarn ready for the spinning machine. down from the rollers L a Z) b between the rollers f f m. m and the belt L L, through the discharge-rollers o 0 and the rubbingrollers t t s s.

The manner in which cotton thread is combined with woolen yarn is shown in F ig. 2. The woolen web is received from the carding-machine in the manner before described. One of t-he webs passes upward from the rollers a c between the rollers a df, 7c 7c and the belt g g; thence downward over the guide-rollers 11, n and the rollers m m, where it joins the lower webs, and is discharged from the machine. The other woolen web is taken from the rollers a a b b', and passes downward between the rollers f f and the belt It 71, along which latter it passes until it arrives at the rollers m m where it is oined by the other woolen web represented bythe upper red colored line, and also by the cotton thread, which is represented by the blue colored line. In this manner all the webs are united and pass on The other web passes rubbing rollers s s t t and issue from the machine combined in one yarn, the cotton lying in the center and being completely covered up by thewoolen. In this manner I am enabled to produce a yarn, the interior of Which is composed of cotton material, While the exterior is of Woolen, the cotton, or cheaper material being so ee'ctually covered and concealed as to render it impossible for the eye to'detect the presence of any cotton, Without breaking the yarn. `yarn thus composed goods may be made, Which, While a large portion 'of cotton is employed, still have the appearance of pure Woolen and are, in use, almost as durable.

The guide-rollers n n are attached to the frame of the machine, and their oilice is to guide the upper Webs over to one side of the machine, in order that the upper Webs may properly unite With the other Webs at m m (Fig. 2).

When my machine is being used for combining the cotton with the Woolen the rollers p p, g g', r r', w w, are not employed, as Will be seen in Fig. 2. Then my machine is employed in producing pure Woolen yarn the guide-rollers n, n and spools v o, and driving-rollers u u are not employed, as seen in Fig. l.

The Whole machine is put in operation by means of the driving-shaft e, Where the power is applied. It is communicated to the various parts from e, by means of'gthe bands and belts, in any of the ordinary forms.

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The rubbing-rollers Q QQr'r, s s', t t', have a vibratory motion which is communicated to them by means of the shaft A, Which is furnished With a suitable number of cranks, from which connecting rods B, B1, B2, B3 extend tov the top of the rubbing-rollers in the manner seen in Fig. 4. The shaft A, is put in motion by the gear-Wheel C, to Which it is attached; and C is put in motion by the shaft D, having at one end a cog-wheel E.

The spools u o are put-in motion by means of the driving-rollers w w', there being shoulders on the spools I) b, Which fit into corresponding grooves on the driving-rollers u u', by Which means the spools containing the cotton are unrolled regularly and equally.

Having thus described my invention I claim l. The mechanism herein described fo making yarn, When the various parts of the machine are combined and arranged in the manner and for the purposes substantially as set forth.

2. The employment of the rubbing rollers g, g, 1, r, s, s, t, t', in combination With the arrangement of mechanism herein described and shown for uniting the bands of Wool around the cotton thread; substantially as set forth.

J AMES TAYLOR. Witnesses:

A. E. BEACH, A. BRUEN. 

